Impact of Williams LifeSkills® training on anger, anxiety, and ambulatory blood pressure in adolescents

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-410

  Barnes, Vernon A ^a   Johnson, Maribeth H ^a   Williams, Redford B ^b   Williams, Virginia P ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Williams LifeSkills Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Anger; Anxiety; Blood pressure; Coping skills; Diastolic blood pressure; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHER; WILLIAMS LIFESKILLS;

EID: 84871526840     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-012-0162-3     Document Type: Article

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